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Retailer Target pulled a children's Halloween costume from its shelves after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures.

It is believed to be one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years, and one gang leader is threatening to kill the hostages if authorities kill any gang members as they try to secure the community nestled in the hills above Port-au-Prince.

The Michigan House took up a ballot measure Tuesday to curb political donations from some of Michigan’s public utilities and government contractors. Lawmakers passed the initiative by a large margin.

The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.

“The Flint Water Crisis was a man-made tragedy of epic proportion,” State Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote in a forward to the report. “My heart breaks for this loss and suffering,” as well as the fact that “to a large extent, justice has evaded the people of Flint.”

In a major win for President Trump who went all in for the political newcomer, Sen. Darline Graham beat out longtime Congressman Ralph Norman in a special election primary runoff in South Carolina.

Last year, Stateside talked with Nadine Hubbs, professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Music at the University of Michigan, about her scholarship on Dolly Parton. Hear a snippet of the conversation here.

On Tuesday, the Canadian government struck back at the Trump administration with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment.

A recent series of unrelated shootings left five people dead in Flint in one week.